Customer Operations Manager

Transguard Group was established in 2001 and has diversified significantly, we lead in the fields of Cash Services, Security Services, Manpower Services, Facilities Management & Aviation. Transguard Group is the UAE’s most trusted business support and outsourcing provider and has a large, dynamic and culturally diverse workforce with 50,000 employees! We are currently recruiting for a Customer Operation Manager for our client to be based out of their Dubai office.

Job Purpose

The Customer Operations Manager is responsible for all commercial activities, customer support, administration and management of customer engine and module Shop Visits in line with the Terms
& Conditions of the Contract and achieving the Financial targets as defined in the business case for respective product lines.
The role involves fleet stability/removal planning, agreeing workscope definition with the Customer and Engineering, management and execution of Shop Visits and associated On Time Delivery, Profitability/Cost, risk modelling and decision making activities in support of the contract.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the customer satisfaction, On Time Delivery and Profitability/Cost for assigned Customer Contracts, working in partnership with respective Customer Program Managers and Product Line leadership. Provide both service agreement and time and material program management of engine and module shop visits including status reporting as specified within customer agreements. Assist in sales campaigns for new contracts and proposals. Assure timely resolution of customer issues and customer satisfaction for assigned contracts. Interact with members of the Customer Team (SD, CSM, CPM, SPM, FSE), Engineering, MRO and repair organisations and/or other teams to solve customer
issues. Function as liaison between internal organisations and customers for assigned contracts across the global network, for all respective product lines.

• Leads others to find creative solutions within complex Airline customer management and MRO shop processes with technical variety and/or interdependent production cycles.
Employs sophisticated operational/product management, material and vendor management, knowledge of manufacturing/repair and engineering techniques. Interaction with adjacent functions needed to solve issues. Has the ability to evaluate quality of information received and questions conflicting data for analysis. Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Presents business or technical discipline solutions to leaders. Communicates complex messages and negotiates externally and internally with others to adopt a different point of view. Influences peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers. Drives a LEAN approach to secure lasting customer and business outcomes.